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OBSERVATIONS, ANECDOTES, AND CHARACTERS OF BOOKS AND MEN, COLLECTED FROM CONVERSATION: Edited by James M. Osborn by Spence, Joseph - 1966

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OBSERVATIONS, ANECDOTES, AND CHARACTERS OF BOOKS AND MEN, COLLECTED FROM CONVERSATION: Edited by James M. Osborn by Spence, Joseph - 1966

OBSERVATIONS, ANECDOTES, AND CHARACTERS OF BOOKS AND MEN, COLLECTED FROM CONVERSATION: Edited by James M. Osborn

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Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1966. Hardcover. Fine. Spence (1699-1768) was a historian and literary scholar, most famous for this collection of anecdotes, first published in 1820, which is an invaluable resource for historians of 18th century English literature (Augustan literature). 24 illustrations. Octavo, two volumes. Original blue cloth bindings, with gilt titles. A fine set.
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  • Publisher Oxford University Press
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  • Date Published 1966
  • Keywords Literary Criticism, Augustan Literature, English Historians

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Anecdotes, Observations And Characters Of Books And Men Collected From The Conversation Of Mr. Pope And Other Eminent Persons Of His Time. As First Published From The Original Papers With Notes And A

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ANECDOTES, OBSERVATIONS, And CHARACTERS, Of BOOKS And MEN. Collected from the Conversation of Mr. Pope, and Other Eminent Persons of his Time. Now First Published from the Original Papers, with Notes, and a Life of the Author. By Samuel Weller Singer.

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Anecdotes, Observations and Characters of Books and Men.; Collected from the Conversation of Mr. Pope and Other Eminent Persons of His time by the Reverend Joseph Spence. As first published from the original papers with notes and a life of the author by Samuel Weller Singer and now newly introduced by Bonamy Dobree

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London: John Russell Smith, 1858. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 396 pages plus publisher ads. part of the Library of Old Authors series. rebound in beige cloth with leather spine label goldstamped "Spence's Anecdotes of Books and Men". ; 4 5/8 x 7
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